1. The Present Tense of estar (to be)
(El tiempo presente del verbo estar)
The other “to be” verb

2. estoy estás está estamos estáis están Estar Its conjugation
Estar also bears a written accent on all but the first-person forms.
The verb estar is irregular in its yo form.

3. Estar is the other “to be” verb
Estar tells . . .
Where someone or something is
How someone or something is

4. The museum is there to the right.
ESTAR tells where
The museum is there to the right.

5. ESTAR tells where Estoy en casa. I’m at home. Manuel está en la sala.
Claudio is in the living room.
París está en Francia.
Paris is in France.
¿Dónde están los estudiantes?
Where are the students?

6. ESTAR also tells how
I’m very sick.
How are you today, ma’am?

7. ESTAR also tells how
Here are some adjectives that describe physical, mental, and emotional conditions that are commonly used with estar.
aburrido/a
bored
cansado/a
tired
casado/a
married
contento/a
happy
enamorado/a
in love
enfermo/a
sick
enojado/a
angry
ocupado/a
busy
preocupado/a
worried
triste
sad

8. ESTAR also tells how Estoy muy cansado. I am very tired.
Amelia está enojada.
Amelia is angry.
Las niñas están contentas.
The children are happy.
¿Están ocupados?
Are you busy?

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